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Your Philadelphia Basketball News SourceWed, 28 Sep 2016 04:27:44 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4By: swissflixhttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6993&cpage=1#comment-474025
Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:04:10 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-47402531-51? you seem to be a bit pessimistic about your favourite team.
The Sixers amost beat my team last season and now they have Bynum. Iggy was nice but that’s it. The Knicks will continue to disappoint and Toronto has nice pieces but not much more. The Nets will be the Nets regardless where their homebase is. I predict something between 40 and 45 wins. Greetings from a swiss celtics fan.
]]>By: clubberlangphilahttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6993&cpage=1#comment-473224
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:17:48 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-473224are you writing from a fantasy basketball viewpoint, tizzone? how many times have lowry and calderon made the playoffs? your evaluations are numbers heavy and reality light. statistics do not tell you about intangibles like making the extra pass, sealing a passing lane, disrupting transition plays, hedging properly on pick and rolls, even hustle. sure, you can create the metrics to theoretically find these instances but they can’t measure how bad a player wants it. example: how many nfl players have thrown up huge combine numbers and flamed out as pros? watch some basketball in person and stop regurgitating data. you think you are proving your points with these numbers but they lack a fundamental understanding of the game. write a fantasy disclaimer before your posts, baby hollinger. kris humphries and crash over stat/melo, and green/garnett/bass/sully? wake thef up.
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Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:11:03 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-472504Steve, seriously, stop writing these pieces. You know nothing about basketball. I thought you were just a Sixer hater at first, but in reading your pieces, and responses here, I have come to realize that your an idiot
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Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:58:24 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-472299The last 3 seasons here the the players assist to turnover ratios
Jason Kidd’s 3.7, 3.7, 2.9 to 1
Jrue Holiday 1.4, 2.2, 1.8 to 1
Kyle Lowry 2.6, 3.2, 2.4 to 1

Kidd and Lowry also have better 1 and 2 year regularized adjusted +/- numbers and score more efficiently.

In the playoffs, Holiday, Jeff Teague and Mario Chalmers were all equally abused by Rajon Rondo, and I refuse to count playing well against CJ Watson without Joakim Noah as something worthy of praise.

Holiday can become a very good NBA player, but it will be as a Combo Guard not as a “pure point guard”.

Wallace also has a better Regularized Adjusted +/- and has played 500+ more minutes total the last 3 seasons.

Lastly, Marshon Brooks is terrible at basketball and Joe Johnson will be on the wrong side of 31, come January this year.

JR Smith is a better scorer, Ronnie Brewer is better on defense than JJ. Both Smith and Brewer are better than Marshon Brooks at everything.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:02:03 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-472006Stats are not everything. Basing every evaluation on statistics alone is almost always a blueprint for disaster. Some players’ values aren’t based solely on wins produced or whatever other stat you want to use. However, since you love to place emphasis on efficiency and the playoffs, I’ll explain my case for Jrue Holiday on your terms first. In the playoffs, Holiday posted an efficiency rating of +17.3 vs. Jason Kidd’s +17.0. Holiday also shot 41% from the field compared to Jason Kidd’s dismal 34%. You may say those differences aren’t large enough to warrant a definitive case for Jrue, but you also have to account for the fact that Holiday was playing against two top 5 defensive teams. And numbers back that up too if you want to go there. Regardless of the injuries to Noah and Rose, the Bulls defense was still top notch. But again, it isn’t all about stats. This is a league dominated by speed, agility, and versatility (see Miami Heat and OKC Thunder). Kidd is still serviceable, he proved that last year, but Holiday brings quickness and ability to drive to the basket (something Jason Kidd left back in New Jersey). And Jrue’s game can only improve with experience.

As for Jrue vs. Kyle Lowry, it is close in terms of who is better. Valid arguments can be made for both sides, but in this case, I’m taking the younger player with less injury risk and a higher ceiling. Their numbers are very comparable, and Holiday has that length and versatility that I placed rightful emphasis on. He also has valuable playoff experience now that Lowry does not have and probably will not attain in Toronto.

And in regards to Carmelo Anthony, it is no question he is a “jack” and statistically inefficient scorer. But, here is my question? If Gerald Wallce is so great, how come the Nets dumped him on the Blazers, only to have the Blazers let him go back to the Nets. Gerald Wallce never has, and never will be a better player than Carmelo Anthony. Would the Nets trade Gerald Wallce straight up (if it was possible) to the Knicks for Melo? Nets Answer: In a freaking heartbeat. Knicks Answer: HELL NO. I feel that’s a fair way to evaluate 1 player vs. another especially at the same position. Watch for Carmelo to have a big season with the addition of pass-first point guards and a summer spent playing for Team USA. Last time that happened, the following season he went to the West Finals and was a few plays from the NBA Finals…with the Nuggets. I agree that Iguodala and Pierce should be considered better, but there is a reason that Carmelo Anthony wields such high trade value. He is a bonafide star and would lift almost any basement team into immediate playoff contention. The Knicks also dealt with inconsistent lineups and coaching last season. Not exactly a recipe for success.

And to address the “best SG’s in the division” thing, I’m not sure if I can help you there. Avery Bradley is a lock down perimeter defender. Maybe a top 5, at least top 10. And Courtney Lee and Jason Terry are going to fit in Boston perfectly. I can see them both draining corner 3’s for days and buying into the Celtics “we want you to hate us mentality”. J.R. Smith is a black hole and a superb shooting talent. He has shot his team in and out of games for years. That type of inconsistent play, along with Ronnie Brewer’s offensive ineptitude, does not warrant tops in this division. Joe Johnson may be really inefficient at times, but combined with Marshon Brooks, the Nets may actually have one of the deepest 2 spots in the entire league, let alone the division. I’m looking beyond stats here. Joe Johnson will be a rejuvinated player in Brooklyn. Did you see that smile on his face when he got traded? He will be able to pick his spots more instead of forcing shots like in Atlanta. Who else was going to take those shots? Now there is an answer to that. It’s Deron Williams, one of the best players at his position in this league.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:08:14 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-471991you know what steve toll… you are the least knowledgeable person about basketball that ive ever seen! everything u said about jrue is completely wrong… hes a very good defender and a great passer… he is also a very efficient scorer…kyle lowry can suck one… hes overrated and you just like to hate on holiday which i dont understand… jason kidd is like 38 so how is he better than any body in the atlantic let alone the whole entire NBA? not a melo fan but hes surely better and more valuable than pierce and gerald wallace… get your facts right b4 you scribble down crap for an article!!!
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Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:12:41 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-471741Yeah, I have to agree with pretty much everyone else, this is pretty ridiculous. I know I’ll probably just repeat what everyone above me has said, but serioiusly! How can you say Ronnie Brewer/JR Smith are better than ANY of the other pairings. You say Melo is an inefficient player and he shoots his team out of games. JR Smith is way more inefficient and he does the same exact thing except his shots don’t go in as often. Also, as everyone else says how can you possibly say that Iguodala is the second best player in the division. I love Iggy, but let’s see… Williams, Pierce, Rondo, Melo, Stoudemire, and maybe Joe Johnson are all better. I hate stats like the ones you gave a link for, they would be great if it was a one man team. But Carmelo Anthony’s role on the Knicks is to score. That’s why their are guys who are shutdown defenders. Oh and FYI Jason Terry is not a point guard, you should put Avery Bradley in the spot. Finally, how, how can you possibly say that the Sixers will finish 20 games below .500 when they finished four games above .500 and have only added to their team minus Elton Brand. You can’t tell me that EB leaving makes this team 24 games worse. Oh yeah! I forgot, and you put WAYYYY too much emphasis on efficiency! Carmelo Anthony takes the most shots on his team and also scores the most points on his team! One last thing NAME ME 25 POINT GUARDS WHO ARE BETTER THAN HOLLIDAY!!! That is utterly preposterous! There is more to the game of basketball than stats. By your method Chris Paul is not an above average point guard because he led the league in turnovers and was only second in assists. I’m finished now, please respond I truly want to know your response. I don’t mean any of this in a malicious way of hating on your writing. I just think you went a little overboard on this one.
]]>By: HWSIVhttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6993&cpage=1#comment-471618
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:37:04 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-471618While the positions of PG, SG, and SF are debateable in terms of the rankings, two places we can’t disagree with Steve on are PF and C. We clearly will not be able to match up with most of the bigs on a nightly basis in the NBA. None of our bigs would start on pretty much any NBA team. We have a few good young pieces that need more experience but we still lack interior defense and outside shooting. I am a lifelong sixers fan since the days of the Doctor but there is no way we are in the hunt for the Atlantic division title this year.
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Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:00:52 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-471606its just preseason ranks. We really dont know if this will be accurate by seasons end. i do agree that joe johnson and marshon are the best sg duo in the division. if you look at the word SHOOTING guard those two def know how to light it up. the knicks i dont think will be a very good team unless they know what to do with melo and amare. personally i think they wouldve been wise to trade carmelo for deron williams at the trade deadline last year since dwill made it clear he wants to stay in NY regardless. melo isnt my favorite player next to amare one of them will benefit playing somewhere else.
I dont see why turner would be traded, in fact this article kind of points to the idea of holiday being traded before he would and again personally i think turner is our best bet at point guard on this team since he does everything jrue cant and jrue does one thing better than turner and thats shoot. im confident turner will find ways to fill up the bucket granted hes pg.
I also dont think iggys the second best player in the divison but he is highly valuable especially this upcoming trade deadline. anyone know a good trade for jayrue iggy and hawes? id like to hear it!
]]>By: kenhttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6993&cpage=1#comment-471598
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:39:31 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6993#comment-471598Im not going to point out some flaws with the order of the teams bc i want to point out some of the flaws wth the order of the players which is just as disturbing. at center how is andrei bargnani their best player their 4th best center? at pf spencer hawes has never played at the power forewad position before so why is he going to be our most productive one i know dc said hes guna play pf but until he actually does that in a real game you cant put him at pf. at sf steve novak is not going to be the 4th best sf for the knicks he lead the league last year in 3pt fg% not to mention jr smith doesnt play sf he plays sg and sometimes pg and ronnie brewer will be playing more sg than sf with fields gone so at sf novak is going to be the second most preductive player and thad young will get minimal to no run time at sf so wright should be ahead of him. at sg i cant argue anything and the same goes for pg.
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